Dry Firing

I think you can loosen the air gauge if you want to bleed the action. Dont shoot it without pellets, nothing good will come of it.

The Impact will fire without a pellet in the chamber. Don't do it. Most of the time, no issue, but once in a while, you can blow an O-Ring, and possibly damage the valve seat.

I did fire mine without a pellet, or barrel for that matter. I had the barrel off and didn't realize It was cocked (stupid time) and bumped the trigger while I was changing the barrel to a new STX. BANG! and immediately destroyed the O-Rings around the regulator, and destroyed the valve seat. 

If you have any questions, call FX USA in North Carolina and ask them directly. They'll give you absolute correct answer as to whether it damages the gun or not. 866-639-0772. You can either have the person answering the phone ask the tech while you wait for the answer (they did that for me), or set an appointment to have the tech call you back (and you might even get Ernest Rowe). They did that for me on another call.

It's a phenomenal gun, you are incredibly lucky to have one.

It is mentioned in the woners manual along with several warings of other ways you might damage your airgun, worth a read.

http://www.fxairguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Fx_impact_manual_ok.pdf



John

Not a good idea.

The FX warning is against firing when "empty of air", which is true of any PCP rifle. As long as the bottle is charged, I have never heard that it is harmful to dry fire it. 

The FX warning is against firing when "empty of air", which is true of any PCP rifle. As long as the bottle is charged, I have never heard that it is harmful to dry fire it.

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That is my understanding also. As long as you ensure that it is safe - i.e point rifle in the right direction and always assume it is loaded, i don't see any issue. On the other hand, it is a no-no to dry fire when empty of air, or even at extremely low bottle pressure as you could damage the valve.

But FX does say your are OUT of air ( no more dry firing) under 100bar and will have no warranty if damaged in this manner.



John

You ideally should be able to dry fire provided good air pressure, low or empty pressure = bad idea. Most regulated actions after sitting for a long period with higher pressure on the HPA side than regulated side will see some 'pressure creep' that generally has to be resolved by dry firing once or twice prior to use or your first shot or two will be a much lower velocity than the following shots.

I dry fire 3 times after each fill. And most times once at the start of each farm visit or hunt.

Bob O.

do you have creep in your crown? What results do u have if you do not dry fire 3 times first in your crown?

did u have this creep”phenomenon” in your wildcat once u installed the Huma?

Yes, I had this same thing in all my regulated guns....the new Ultimate Sporter as well.

Could probably just get away with two shots after a fill but I do three just to be sure.

This does not seem right? I can’t believe that this is normal.....

in my wildcat I hear a sound like a ball is being inflated after each shot.

My Crown does that tsmith.

I don't know what it is, but I have no leaks that I can tell, and I get a tight ES and very good accuracy.

One of my videos you can hear it.

Regulator creep = Result of pressure differential combating itself over time (reg @ 2k, hpa @ 3k = 3k wins 'the war' over time bleeding little bits of pressure till seal is TIGHT TIGHT )


Regulator Squeal = Result of regulator refilling AND/OR 'atmospheric venting'. My regulator personally only does it when @ or near regulated pressure, its a good alarm to refill.

I think it is normal that the reg pressure will increase a litle when the gun is stored in a longer period. I have both a crown in .22 and a wildcat in .177, with a huma reg in it. Both require on or two shot, when stored over time if I want to avoid the first shot being fired with less speed. 

tor47: As I'll soon have my first PCP, I am just starting to learn HPA mechanics.

If the reg pressure increases after a period of time... why would you need to fire a shot or two to avoid the first shot being fired with less speed. I would think if the reg pressure did rise a little, the first shot would be faster unless it was so high your hammer couldn't open the valve. 

Because if you have your rifle tuned for max velocity at a given pressure.....if that pressure increased without a corresponding increase in hammer spring tension, the velocity will be lower.

I too would avoid dry firing the rifle.

One thing nice about the FX rifles with a external hammer spring adjuster is you can turn it to a lower setting if you're worried about it.